English - The Odyssey Exam Review
Questions With Correct Answers
Argos is unable to recognize his master when his master returns to the palace. - answer✔False
What is Argos finally able to do after laying eyes on Odysseus? - answer✔Go to heaven
Who or what killed Argos? - answer✔Old age
Who best demonstrates the characteristic of loyalty? - answer✔Eumaeus and Argos
The suitors do not provide the beggar with the usual hospitality customarily shown by the
ancient Greeks. - answer✔True
Irus proves to be a tough challenge in the fight with the beggar. - answer✔False
Up until the end of the fight, Irus is entirely confident that he will win the fight with the beggar. -
answer✔False
How does Eurycleia discover the beggar's true identity? - answer✔She recognizes a scar on his
leg.
Like the suitors, Philoetius is not hospitable to the beggar. - answer✔False
In Penelope's dream revealed to the beggar, the eagle represents Odysseus and the fat geese
represent the suitors. - answer✔True
Why is Odysseus unable to sleep at night in the palace in Ithaca? - answer✔He is worried about
the number of suitors and their kin that he must defeat.
How did Odysseus prove his identity to Eumaeus and Philoetius? - answer✔Showing them the
scar on his leg.
What test did Penelope require the suitors to pass in order to marry her? - answer✔String
Odysseus' bow and shoot an arrow cleanly through 12 axeheads.
How many suitors pass the test of Penelope? - answer✔0
Odysseus hopes to make peace with the suitors in order to avoid any hard feelings or loss of life.
- answer✔False
Who was the first man to pass the test from Penelope? - answer✔Odysseus
Antinoos was the last but strongest suitor killed by Odysseus. - answer✔False
Odysseus refuses Eurymachus' offer to repay all that he has taken from Odysseus. -
answer✔True
How does Odysseus pay the maids for their help in cleaning up the hall? - answer✔By killing
them
As proof of his true love, Odysseus has remained faithful to Penelope during his entire time
away from Ithaca. - answer✔False
The secret of the marriage bed of Odysseus and Penelope was that it was carved by Zeus and
given to Odysseus for his heroic acts during the Trojan War. - answer✔False
Upon hearing that Odysseus killed the suitors, the suitors' kin decides not to seek revenge
because of Odysseus' incredible strength. - answer✔False
How does Odysseus reveal himself to Laertes? - answer✔Revealing the scar on his leg.
Why is Laertes excited and proud to find at the end of the story? - answer✔He will be a part of
three generations of his family fighting together
Odysseus initially ignores a demand for peace among the men. - answer✔True
What part of Tiresias' prophecy must Odysseus still do in order to live peacefully and die of old
age? - answer✔Travel inland and plant his oar in the ground as an offering to Poseidon.
At the end of The Odyssey, when peace in Ithaca is finally achieved, _____ stands among
Odysseus and his enemies. - answer✔Athena
What was King Aeolus' gift to Odysseus that will hopefully take him safely home to Ithaca? -
answer✔a bag of nearly all of the winds
Why did King Aeolus not help Odysseus a second time? - answer✔He believed the Gods
despised Odysseus
Which wind from Aeolus was helping Odysseus' ship sail to Ithaca? - answer✔West
What animal did the Laestrygonians most resemble? - answer✔a ram
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